The Supreme Court on Thursday said a public servant can be convicted of illegal gratification in a corruption case on the basis of circumstantial evidence when there is no direct oral or documentary evidence against them.A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice SA Nazeer said complainants as well as the prosecution should make sincere efforts […]
Amid opposition parties’ political fury over Chinese soldiers’ attempts last week to transgress the LAC (line of actual control) in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang, the Congress has demanded prime minister Narendra Modi explain his ‘relationship’ with that country. The party tweeted a graphic claiming Chinese state-run media Global Times said ‘(if) Modi loses Gujarat then that […]
The wholesale price-based inflation declined to a 21-month low of 5.85 per cent in November on easing prices of food, fuel and manufactured items. After remaining in double digits for 19 months, the wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation declined to 8.39 per cent in October. The inflation was 14.87 per cent in November 2021. […]
The Prayagraj unit of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday took custody remand of mafioso-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in connection with a money laundering case lodged against him last year. A local court had issued warrant B against Mukhtar Ansari, who was lodged in Banda jail, in the money laundering case on the application filed by […]
Lionel Messi has confirmed he will play his last World Cup game when Argentina take on France or Morocco in Sunday’s final in Qatar.Messi lead Argentina to a 3-0 win over Croatia in their semi-final on Tuesday and will earn his 172nd cap at the weekend when he tries to bring the country its first […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain submissions seeking an early setting up of a fresh Bench to hear Bilkis Bano’s plea challenging the remission of sentence of 11 convicts by the Gujarat government in her gang-rape case.A Bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha was urged by lawyer Shobha Gupta, […]
Chitkara University hosted a two-day international conference ‘One World, One Health’ at the University Premises. More than 700 delegates from over 40 Indian and European institutions debated the impact of the One Health approach in eradicating casualties associated with drug-resistant pathogens. Despite the scarce societal awareness (as reported by a recent article published in the […]
Khalid al-Misslam, a Qatari photojournalist, working for Al Kass TV has died in Qatar, according to a report. This comes days after the death of a US reporter who wore a rainbow t-shirt in support of the LGBTQ community. The Qatari authorities have not released the official cause of his death, Metro reported. The news […]
Supreme Court judge Bela M Trivedi on Tuesday recused herself from hearing a plea filed by Bilkis Bano, who was gangraped and seven members of her family killed during the 2002 Gujarat riots, challenging the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the case by the state government.As soon as a bench of Justices Ajay […]
A day after taking charge as chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has directed officials to terminate all extensions or re-employments granted by the previous BJP government and announced to review of all the decisions taken by the former Cabinet since April 1 this year.Sukhu took oath as Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh […]